Sanitary cuspidor.



C. F. WOOLNER. SANITARY C USPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-11.1916. I

. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

GAIL F. WOOLNER, on SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

Application filed October 11, 1916. Serial No. 124,973.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAIL F. WooLNnR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Cuspidors, of which the following is a full, true and exact specification.

My invention relates to sanitary cuspidors and has for its principal object to provide a cuspidor having means for supplying a disinfectant or germicide fluid around the top of the cuspidor and to provide means for maintaining a constant flow of the liquid around the inner periphery of the cuspidor, to provide a cuspidor having a tank in its upper portion for maintaining a disinfectant fluid and wick means for conveying the fluid from the tank to a channel in the uppermost portion of the cuspidor. It is a well known fact that cuspidors as generally used, are very unsanitary and attract flies and other insects. My device is designed to give a constant supply of disinfectant which flows over the inner surface of the cuspidor from the uppermost portion to the bottom of the bowl.

Other objects will appear as my invention is more fully explained in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of my device. Fig. 2 is a central cross sectional view of same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, numeral 1 indicates a bowl of a cuspidor which may be of any desired shape and contour. Integral with the bowl 1 is an upper tank portion 2 which is separated from the bowl portion of the cuspidor by means of a diaphragm 3. The tank 2 is preferably circular in form and entirely surrounds the upper portion of the cuspidor. The uppermostsurface of the tank is depressed in the form. of a groove 4 which is adapted to hold a circular wick 5. Tubular holes 6 are provided around the groove 4 and communicate with the inside of the tank. Pipes 7 may extend from bowl 1 to near the bottom of tank 2. Vertical wicks 8 are attached at their upper ends to wick 5 and extend down to the holes 6 and pipes 7 into the disinfectant liquid with which the tank is normally partially filled. A filled plug 9 is provided through which tank 2 may be filled. Small seepage holes 10 are provided in the inner surface of the cuspidor near the bottom of tank 2. In operation the tank 2 is partially filled with a disinfectant fluid which is conveyed by means of capillary attraction through the wicks 8 and 5 until it overflows along the inner surface of the groove 4. After leaving the groove 4 the liquid will flow down along the inside surface of the cuspidor, thereby keeping it in a moist and sanitary condition. A disinfectant fluid may also trickle from the small holes 10. It will be understood that the liquid accumulates in the bottom of the cuspidor and also maintains the vessel in a sanitary condition. Flies and other insects which light upon the cuspidor are quickly poisoned by the disinfectant. It will be noted that my device is particularly adapted to use in public places and it is believed will assist materially in reducing the spread of disease.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention, I am aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and I therefore desire to avoid being limited to the exact form shown and described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cuspidor, the combination of a fluid tank within the uppermost portion of the cuspidor, a depressed channel around the top of the cuspidor, and fluid conveying means connecting the said channel with the said tank, whereby a disinfectant fluid may be drawn from the tank and distributed in the channel from which it may flow t0 the inside of the cuspidor.

2. In a cuspidor, the combination of a municating wicks extending from the said fluid tank Within the uppermost portion of circular Wick to near the bottom of the said the cuspidor, a depressed channel around tank, whereby a disinfectant fluid Within 10 the top of the cuspidor, and fluid conveying the tank may be carried around the channel 5 means connecting the said channel With the from which it Will overflow and run down said tank, said means including a circular the inside of the cuspidor. wick resting Within said channel and com- GAIL F. \VOOLNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained tor fiveeents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

